Xiaoxin (Eric) LI
Partner Tel:+86 021 5598 9879 / +86 21 5598 9888/ 9666
Working Language: Chinese/ English
Mr. Eric Li specializes in securities, ABS, cross-border financing, overseas acquisitions and mergers, and foreign investment. With over 16 years of professional experience, Mr. Li has served as the outside legal counsel for more than a dozen state-owned enterprises, government agencies, and other companies; he has advised them in banking and financial, intelligent manufacturing, semi-conductor, consumption upgrade, family wealth management, E-commerce, services.
Representative Matters
- Corporate and Finance
- Facilitated a rural commercial bank IPO on Main Board
- Facilitated an environmental protection technology company in Anhui IPO on STAR market
- Facilitated a Hefei New Material Co., Ltd. IPO on Second Board Market
- Facilitated a new energy company in Tangshan IPO
- Facilitated a Hefei Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. IPO on STAR Market
- Facilitated an Anhui Materials Technology Co., Ltd. IPO on STAR Market
- Advised Evergrande Real Estate on the bankruptcy and reorganization of Sunshine Peninsula project
- Provided legal services for the acquisition of Wuhu Changxin Technology Co., Ltd. (stock code: 300088) by Anhui Provincial Investment Group Holding Co., Ltd.
- Provided legal services for Gujing Group apply for the approval on a waiver of a Mandatory Tender Offer obligation
- Provided special legal services for Huaibei Sanxun Group's acquisition of the real estate project of Huaibei Yunpirun Trading Co., Ltd.
- Adivsed Huihang Wanmei investment fund on debt-for-equity swaps
- Provided legal services for Ping An Real Estate's proposed investment in a private equity fund project
- Advised Ping An Real Estate on its first perpetual bond issuance
- Advised China Life Investment on multiple debt financing programs
- Provided legal services for Huishang Bank Co., Ltd. to establish a wealth management subsidiary
- Provided legal services for the non-public issuance of corporate bonds by Anhui Refinancing Co., Ltd.
- Advised Huishang Bank on setting up fund and investing in BFAE Bond Finance Scheme
- Advised Hefei Guoxuan High-tech Power Energy Co., Ltd on setting up industrial investment fund
- Provided DD Investigation and drafted legal agreements for Xinyuan Xiangxin No.1 Assets Management Plan
- Provided DD Investigation and drafted legal agreements for Hua'an Xianghuihua No.1 Assets Management Plan
- Advised on Zhaoshang Wealth-Huishang Bank-Duoying No. 29 Assets Management Plan
- Advised on Shanghai Fucheng Haifutong Assets Management Co., Ltd on Ronghua No.1 Assets Management Plan
- Advised risk investors on investing Hefei Lontium Semi-conductor Corporation
- Advised Bozhou Yaodu Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. on issuing Tier 2 Capital Bonds in 2017
- Advised Bozhou Yaodu Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. on issuing “Three Farming Issues" Bonds in 2017
- Cross-border Investment, financing and M&A
- Advised Ecriee International Co., Ltd on establishing a subsidiary in Hong Kong
- Provided legal contract review services for a German-invested company in Hefei
- Advised the Export-Import Bank of China Anhui Branch on Anhui BBCA Group's financing transactions in Brazil
- Advised the Export-Import Bank of China Anhui Branch on the loan for a US power plant transaction by a certain company
- Advised a company in Anhui on the acquisition of an Irish company
- Advised a listed company in Anhui on the acquisition of equity of a certain Russian company
- Advised an Anhui import and export company on the acquisition of a South African company
- Advised the Bank of China Anhui Branch on U.S. syndicated loan
- Provided recurrent advice to the Export-Import Bank of China Anhui Branch
- Served as the outside legal counsel for a certain semiconductor-technology company in acquiring a semiconductor company in the United States
- Dispute Resolution
- Represented an international commercial group company in a shareholding dispute and won the case at both the Anhui High People's Court and the Supreme People's Court
- Represented Guoyuan Securities v. Jilin Liyuan in a bond transaction dispute amount to CNY 120 million
- Represented the clients in a private loan dispute and won the case in the final appeal at the Supreme People's Court
- Represented a Thai company in the arbitration of a goods quality dispute against a trading company in China
- Represented a machinery company in Huangshan on a dispute against a Japanese client
- Represented China Security Co., Ltd in a securities false statement case
Education Background
- Visiting scholar of Columbia University in the City of New York (2012-2013)
- Doctor of Laws, Fudan University (2009)
- Master of Laws, Fudan University (2006)
- Bachelor of International Economic Law, Anhui University (2000)
Professional Qualifications
- Bar Admission in P.R. China
- The Securities Practice Qualification
- The Fund Practice Qualification
Recognitions and Affiliations
- Member of Legal Professional Committee of Hefei Lawyers Association
- Vice Chairman of Foreign Legal Committee of Hefei Lawyers Association
- Mediator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission/Anhui Mediation Center of China Chamber of International Commerce
- Mediator of BNR International Commercial Mediation Center
- Anhui Leading International Legal Professions
- Professions in International Legal Service of Anhui Province
- Professions in Financing, Securities and Insurance of Anhui Province
- Mediator of CCPIT & CCOIC Mediation Center
Selected Publications
- "Merger and Acquisition", Stephen Bainbridge, translated by Eric Li, Law Press, 2018.
- "Transformation of Economic Institute and Legal Regulation", Written by Eric Li, Law Press, 2016.
- "China's financial information system is in urgent need to improvement." Prosecutorial View, Issue No. 21 (2008).
- "Research on Optimizing Legal Environment for the Development of Equity Investment Funds in the Wanjiang City Belt." Jianghuai Tribune (March 2011).
- "Study on the Legal Supervision Mechanism of Bond Issuance by Local Governments in China." Tianjin Legal Science, Issue 4 (2012).
- "Study on the allocation of judicial power in the state structure form." Political Science and Law, Issue 10 (2012).
- "On the Bankruptcy Law Resolution Mechanism of Local Government Debt." Academic Bimestris, Issue 6 (2012).
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